Introduction
This is the core department of the college offering 37 credits. The department of Food Science and Technology was renamed as per the V Dean’s committee syllabus as Food Processing Technology in 2016.
Objectives
- Development of technologies useful for farmers as well as for food processing industries.
- Work towards achieving food and nutritional security in the country in general and in the state in particular.
- Provides hands on training to the students to make them self employable
- Gives practical inputs to the students oriented to develop technical skills and expertise.
- Department works towards cost effective technologies, innovations and Research and Development.
- Develops skills for selection, storage, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution of safe, nutritious, wholesome, desirable as well as affordable, convenient foods.
Courses Offered
It offers courses like Fundamentals of Food Processing, Processing Technology of Liquid milk, Processing Technology of Cereals, Processing Technology of Legumes and Oil seeds, Processing Technology of Dairy Products, Processing Technology of Spices and Plantation Crops, Processing Technology of Fruits and Vegetables, Processing of Meat and Poultry Products, Processing of Fish and Marine Products, Sensory Evaluation of Food products, Bakery, Confectionery & Snack Products, Processing Technology of Beverages and Food Packaging Technology & Equipment.
The Food Technology lab is a well-lit and ventilated spacious one with a floor space of 1800 sq.ft. (60 X 30 ft). There are four work benches, wash basins with running water to facilitate ease of doing practicals. The Lab also supports ELPM product formulations, processing and packaging and most of the time it is occupied as the practical is conducted in two batches for better attention and supervision by the teachers. It houses equipment like planetary mixer, dough kneader, mini-extruder, gas fired oven, tray drier, mixers, grinders, refrigerator, micro ovens, weighing balances, deep freezers, MAP equipment (Danfos), etc.
Food Processing Technology is an activity to research on agricultural produce to enhance shelf life of the product, which involves farm to plate to its value and management.
Students learn through these courses practically by applying their theoretical knowledge in processing of various Fruits &Vegetables, Cereal and Legumes, Fish and Meat Products, Dairy products and also ensures the shelf life and keeping quality of Product.
The student READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) programme enhances the student ability to self-employed.
The sophisticated equipment in the department laboratory like MAP, Vacuum Packaging, Form Fill and Seal, Disc bowl centrifuge, Khoa making machine, Dough kneader, Meat mincer, Commercial fruit juice extractor, Planetary mixer, Tilting type mixer, Popcorn making machine, Rice Tester etc. will increase the potential knowledge of the students by learning the practical skills.
Students graduated in food processing technology were placed in various food processing industries like PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, Coco-cola, Ravi Foods (Dukes), MTR Foods, Jubilant foods, Jersey Milk Products Pvt Ltd, Godrej Foods, Akshaya Patra Foundation, Hector Beverages, Foods & Inn etc.
Students are also going for higher education in premier institutes like NIFTEM, IIFPT, CFTRI, NDRI, AAU-Anand, VNMKV-Parbhani, MPHV-Rahuri, Dr.YSPHU-Solan, MANAGE, NAARM etc. in India and also pursuing higher studies in abroad (USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland, Europe etc.)
VISION
- To make successful food technology graduates.
- Aim to reduce surplus food waste in the country by developing new processing technologies.
- To make food technology graduates as ‘food entrepreneurs ‘and ‘job providers’ rather than ’job seekers’.